First, why we might transform data? If we have raw data from a database and need to send data to an external system or maybe export data. In either case we most likely don’t want to expose database column names ...
We often turn to open source or proprietary packages for adding functionality to our apps. Here are some key points and questions to ask when selecting your next dependency.
Problem Page took over 30 seconds to load locally on a local Vagrant virtual machine. After investigating the results were astonishing, over 1,000 queries executed in order to load the page. Not only was there an extraordinary number of queries ...
I launched a new website dedicated to finding champion spotlights: http://championspotlight.lol for the game League of Legends (LoL). If you haven’t heard of League of Legends: League of Legends is a fast-paced, competitive online game that blends the speed and intensity ...
Filtering in Vue.js is simple thanks to the filter function built into Vue. Let's take a look at an introduction filtering with Vue.js and Lodash.
Binding an interface to an implementation promotes good coding practices. As a result the code is less coupled, more maintainable, and testable. Why might someone want to bind an interface using Laravel? To put an abstraction between the application and ...
The idea is "x" framework provides a level of convenience that can make developers sloppy. This often happens because frameworks tend to make developing easier. So easy we forget to take a step back and figure out how all the pieces come together.
Something I ran into a while back while writing tests. If intentionally testing code for an exception then it is required to add an annotation above the test method.
Goal: Search all users who were updated between a certain time period (in our case one day). Scenario: A system wide glitch caused a set of users to have all of their last names changed to Smith. Your manager wants to ...
Programming is useful and important. I like to compare programming to oil in that cars require oil to operate and business require programmers. If a business intends to compete most likely they have an IT team. Many times the competitive ...